TEPSA Blog

School Counseling Survey

TTUHSC researchers and professors specializing in counseling invite you to participate in a research study about school principal’s perceptions and attitudes regarding the roles, functions, and practices of school counselors.
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Exploring HB 1525 and HB 4545

For principals and educators across Texas, each legislative session is cause for hope and concern. There is the hope our elected officials will strengthen the public school system for the 5.5 million students we serve.
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Get Ready to Vote – Research your Ballot!

Early voting for the November 2nd Texas Constitutional Amendment Election begins October 18th and runs through October 29th.
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Self Care is Not Selfish

As school leaders, we spend much of the day “pouring into” others— taking care of staff, students, parents, and everything in between. Oftentimes, in the midst of all the work, leaders can forget to take care of themselves.
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Redistricting and Why It Matters

The Texas Legislature began a third Special Legislative Session on September 20, 2021.  Redistricting is one of the main objectives of the call. Here’s basic primer on redistricting and why it matters.
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Build Your Student Leadership Team

Principals say their campus culture and academic achievement begin improving as soon as their student leadership teams return from a TEPSA’s Leaders ‘R’ Us student leadership training!
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Linchpins of Leadership

Though they often share many of the same tasks, assistant principals and new principals can expect lots of on-the-job training.
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3 Secrets to Getting Rid of Foot Pain

Do you have foot pain? If so, you’re not alone. Approximately 2 million people in the U.S. suffer from painful foot conditions like plantar fasciitis.
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The “Why” Behind Behaviors

Book Study with Ruby Payne: Train your staff! Ruby Payne guides you through studies of her books, Emotional Poverty and Emotional Poverty, Volume 2. Each chapter of the book is covered in a separate streaming video that you can use for staff development.
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Back to School Tips for School Leaders

Out of the hundreds of decisions school leaders are faced with making at the start of this school year, one decision seems to continue to be a topic of deep discussion and reflection.
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